An OCT, optical coherence tomography, allows the retina specialist to non-invasively detect changes in the retina commonly caused by diabetes or macular degeneration.
The vitreous causes most surgical diseases of the retina. If everyone had a vitrectomy (to remove the vitreous), many people retinal patients couldn't lose vision!
A fluorescein angiogram is an invaluable test for a retina specialist. It can help diagnose almost every retinal disease including ARMD and diabetic retinopathy.
Ozurdex is an implantable, biodegradable, device that releases steroids into the eye. I inserted this device in "Mrs. Ozurdex" who has a Central Retinal Vein Occlusion. Will this be helpful?
Treating patients with Central Retinal Vein Occlusions with Ozurdex is FDA approved. The visual results are probably not going to be as good as with BRVO, but there is still every reason to treat.
Macugen (pegaptanib) was the first anti-VEGF intraocular injection for the treatment of wet macular degeneration. How it works and a review of this novel retinal treatment for macular degeneration.